Senior intelligence officials have flatly denied reports that a high ranking former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) operative who went by the nom de guerre Morris has been released.
He is one among a number of Tiger guerrilla cadres now awaiting trial. Morris, a close associate of then LTTE Intelligence Wing leader, Pottu Amman, has been responsible for some high profile attacks in Colombo. He is now being held in custody.
Morris was also one time leader for Point Pedro and was involved in attacks then on personnel of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF).
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Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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